The Theory of the Second Best implies that any country with less-than-ideal resources can lose from international trade. Recently it has been suggested this means the South (poor countries) are better off suppressing trade with the North, especially trade in natural resource products, since the...

Artículo de revista ; The economic, political and institutional ties between Latin America and China have become closer as the Chinese economy has grown. Indeed, as a result of its rapid economic growth, China now plays a systemic role in the world economy. However, since the global financial...

This article deals with the analysis of the positive side of the foreign direct investments in the World´s economy. The importance of this research is derived from the significant role that can be played by foreign investments in industrialized and developing countries. Some countries are still...

As foreign direct investment (FDI) grows rapidly in this highly integrated world, numerous new challenges confront the existing global trading system. Both developed countries and their developing counterparts have been trying to reach harmonious bilateral or multilateral agreements. However,...

La extensa literatura macroeconómica que pretende explicar el ampliamente observado equity home bias ignora a las empresas internacionalmente activas. En un modelo DSGE que presenta la elección endógena de las empresas de ser activas internacionalmente —ya sea a través de las exportaciones...

The liberalization of FDI is deepening, so have the incentive schemes put in place by anumber of countries. Investment promotion agencies in these countries are seen to beactively promoting their countries as the best locations for foreign direct investment(FDI). With FDI emerging as a fovourite...

"Starting about the late 1960s there have been increasing fears that economic growth would soon lead to the exhaustion of raw materials and, food supplies, or environmental damage of one kind or another. These fears have been accompanied by widespread appeal to the concept of sustainable...

This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market...

Disertacijoje nagrinėjamos tiesioginių užsienio investicijų (toliau – TUI) poveikio ekonomikos plėtrai vertinimo problemos. Kaip liudija įvairūs tyrimai, šalių ekonominės politikos, skatinančios užsienio kapitalo srautus, ne visada tinkamos: kai kuriais atvejais TUI neigiamai...